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By DAVE TAYLOR
The Trimble Banner
Trimble County Clerk Tina Browning has announced that the special election to determine whether county voters will accept or reject the local school board’s vote to levy a nickel tax will be held in conjunction with the statewide General Election in November.

By DAVE TAYLOR
The Trimble Banner
The petition submitted July 26, 2016, to Trimble County Clerk Tina Browning by the Trimble County School District Board of Education Nickel Tax Recall Committee challenging the school nickel tax levy has been officially certified.
“We certified the petition this morning,” Browning said Thursday, July 28. “The committee sent in a total of 595 names of which we found 541 qualified voters—54 names were scratched on guidance from the county attorney for various reasons.”

By DAVE TAYLOR
The Trimble Banner
A Milton hill landmark will soon be resurrected to its former glory when the plans of a LaGrange couple come to fruition. A residence for the past five decades, the once renowned Long View Inn restaurant on the Milton hill curve will reopen this fall as a bed and breakfast.
Bill and Starr Durant-Rason reside in LaGrange and own apartments in Madison so each day in their travels from home to their Madison properties they passed the little house behind the stone wall on the hill curve.

The petition submitted July 26, 2016, to Trimble County Clerk Tina Browning by the Trimble County School District Board of Education Nickel Tax Recall Committee challenging the school nickel tax levy has been officially certified.

“We certified the petition this morning,” Browning said Thursday, July 28. “The committee sent in a total of 595 names of which we found 541 qualified voters—54 names were scratched on guidance from the county attorney for various reasons.”

By DAVE TAYLOR
The Trimble Banner
Trimble County School District Board of Education Nickel Tax Recall Committee has submitted its petition challenging the school nickel tax levy to the Trimble County Clerk’s office.
Trimble County Clerk Tina Browning said the petition containing 595 names was turned over to her office Tuesday morning.

By JENNIFER GOODIN
Special to The Trimble Banner
“Getting your education is everything.” With these words, Chance Coghill describes how he feels about obtaining his GED in June of this year. Chance began his journey in May with a determination to graduate with the class of 2016 on June 24th. After brushing up in some areas, Chance took and passed the four GED tests: Reading, Math, Social Studies, and Science. “It’s a blast!” Chance says, “It really is! It’s fun. It’s neat to get back into learning.”

By CRYSTAL CAUDILLO
Special to The Trimble Banner
The Trimble County Board of Education held its regular meeting for the month of July at the Board Office on Wednesday, July 13.
Superintendent Steve Miracle and Jessica Wilcoxsin were the only contributors present for the Communications section. Miracle stated that since the principals were not in session the regular August meeting will catch up with their reports.